Methods of alleviating symptoms of ocular surface discomfort using medical ice slurry
AssigneeEyecool Therapeutics, Inc.
InventorsJames Anthony Stefater, III, Tomasz Pawel Stryjewski, Sameer Sabir
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method of alleviating symptoms of ocular surface discomfort, the method comprising: topically applying a cold slurry adjacent to a corneal limbus of an eye of a patient, wherein the cold slurry comprises water and a freezing point depressant, wherein the topical application of the cold slurry is configured to cause a degree of numbing of a cornea of the eye for a period of time, and wherein an ocular sensation of the eye is restored following the period of time.
Claims20
A method of causing hypesthesia of an eye of a subject, the method comprising:
- applying to at least one portion of the eye a cold slurry formulation contained within a material that is thermally conductive, such that the cold slurry formulation does not have direct contact with the at least one portion of the eye;
- wherein the cold slurry formulation includes water and a freezing point depressant and the application of the cold slurry formulation causes hypesthesia of the at least one portion of the eye for a period of time of more than about two days, and an ocular sensation of the at least one portion of the eye is restored following the period of time.
A method of causing hypesthesia of an eye of a subject, the method comprising:
- applying a device to at least one portion of the eye of the subject, the device comprising a thermally conductive material comprising at least one of a metal and a polymer, the device comprising a cold slurry that comprises water and a freezing point depressant,
- wherein the application of the device causes hypesthesia of the at least one portion of the eye for a period of time of more than about two days, and an ocular sensation of the at least one portion of the eye is restored following the period of time.
A method of causing hypesthesia of an eye of a subject, the method comprising:
- providing a device including a thermally conductive material that contains a cold slurry formulation;
- applying the device including the thermally conductive material to at least one portion of the eye;
- wherein the cold slurry formulation includes water and a freezing point depressant and the application of the device causes hypesthesia of the at least one portion of the eye for a period of time of more than about two days, and an ocular sensation of the at least one portion of the eye is restored following the period of time.
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